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Can we adapt this section to include people who were driven to lose their accent for professional reasons? This source [[[WGBH (FM)]] podcast] references Leonard Nimoy's Boston accent. He actually did keep parts of the accent, e.g., in 'Star Trek' he'd say "cahnt" for "can't." [1] He said that he arrived in Los Angeles with a very strong Boston accent. "“The voice was a gift, but the accent I had to work at,” he said. “I sounded very, very Boston when I got off that train. After good speech classes and six months of hard work, I had that more broadly accepted mid-Atlantic accent.”" Jed Gottlieb, 'Boston Herald,' May 22, 2014 https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/05/22/boston-native-leonard-nimoy-makes-star-trek-to-pops-stage/Dogru144 (talk) 05:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I looked over the citation, and it did not say that the traditional r less ness accent is becoming limited to south Boston, it said that compared to south Boston the black Boston community is further decreasing in r less ness, but the black and brown community in Boston and the surrounding areas is still a smaller piece of the region than one would believe so I don’t know if this source provides the conclusion that was desired, maybe a different citation to suggest the accent is becoming restricted to south Boston is needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.87.171 (talk) 03:36, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Where is the information on the birth of this accent, or influence of ethnic groups entering into Boston that influenced it? Why is it so unique to this area? 24.126.204.197 (talk) 20:06, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]